,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aifh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #f1 #bjag,mr4 
,dunn introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,armed ,services1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on ,transportation and      
,infrastructure1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to improve the authority 
of the ,secretary of ,defense to protect
 certain military facilities1 assets1   
and information from unmanned aircraft4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,military ,asset ,protection    
,act4  #b4 ,protection of certain       
facilities1 assets1 and information from
 unmanned aircraft  7a7 ,in general     
,section #acj;i of title #aj1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended to read as    
follows3  #acj;i4 ,protection of certain

 facilities1 assets1 and information    
from unmanned aircraft  7a7 ,authority  
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary of ,defense may     
take1 and may authorize the armed forces
 or contractors of the ,department of   
,defense to take1 such actions described
 in subsection 7b77#a7 that are         
necessary to mitigate the threat 7as    
defined by the ,secretary of ,defense7  
of an unmanned aircraft system or       
unmanned aircraft to the safety or      
security of a covered facility1 asset1  
or classified information4  7b7 ,actions
 described  7#a7 ,the actions described 
in this paragraph are the following3    
7,a7 ,disrupt control of the unmanned   
aircraft system or unmanned aircraft4   
7,b7 ,seize and exercise control of the 
unmanned aircraft system or unmanned    
aircraft4  7,c7 ,seize or otherwise     
confiscate the unmanned aircraft system 
or unmanned aircraft4  7,d7 ,use        
reasonable force to disable or destroy  
the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned

 aircraft4  7,e7 ,disrupt1 alter1 or    
intercept any communications to or from 
the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned
 aircraft4  7#b7 ,the ,secretary of     
,defense shall develop the actions      
described in paragraph 7#a7 with the    
assistance of the ,secretary of         
,transportation1 consistent with the    
protection of information regarding     
sensitive defense capabilities4  7c7    
,forfeiture  7#a7 ,any unmanned aircraft
 system or unmanned aircraft described  
in subsection 7a7 shall be subject to   
seizure and forfeiture to the ,united   
,states4  7#b7 ,the ,secretary may      
prescribe regulations to establish      
reasonable exceptions to paragraph 7#a71
 including in cases where--  7,a7 the   
operator of the unmanned aircraft system
 or unmanned aircraft obtained the      
control and possession of such system or
 aircraft illegally2 or  7,b7 the       
operator of the unmanned aircraft system
 or unmanned aircraft is an employee of 
a common carrier acting in a manner     

described in subsection 7a7 without the 
knowledge of the common carrier4  7d7   
,regulations ,the ,secretary of ,defense
 and the ,secretary of ,transportation  
shall prescribe regulations and issue   
guidance in the respective areas of each
 ,secretary to carry out this section4  
7e7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,the term covered facility1 asset1 or   
classified information means any        
facility1 asset1 or classified          
information that is--  7,a7 identified  
by the ,secretary of ,defense for       
purposes of this section2  7,b7 located 
in the ,united ,states 7including the   
territories and possessions of the      
,united ,states72 and  7,c7 relating    
to-- 7i7 the nuclear deterrence mission 
of the ,department of ,defense1         
including with respect to nuclear       
command and control1 integrated tactical
 warning and attack assessment1 and     
continuity of government2  7ii7 the     
missile defense mission of the          
,department2  7iii7 the national        

security space mission of the           
,department2  7iv7 the homeland defense 
mission of the ,department2 or  7v7     
other missions of the ,department       
involving assets or information         
designated as vital to national security
 or as national critical infrastructure4
  7#b7 ,the terms unmanned aircraft and 
unmanned aircraft system have the       
meaning given those terms in section    
#cca of the ,,faa ,modernization and    
,reform ,act of #bjab 7,public ,law     
#aab-ie2 #di ,u4,s4,c4 #djaja note74  4 
7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of   
sections at the beginning of chapter #c 
of such title is amended by striking the
 item relating to section #acj;i and    
inserting the following new item3       
#acj;i4 ,protection of certain          
facilities1 assets1 and information from
 unmanned aircraft4  4